Contents
THE MOON IS NOT A BATTLEFIELD • Indrapramit Das
MY ENGLISH NAME • R. S. Benedict
AN EVENING WITH SEVERYN GRIMES • Rich Larson
STARLIGHT EXPRESS • Michael Swanwick
THE MARTIAN OBELISK • Linda Nagata
WE WHO LIVE IN THE HEART • Kelly Robson
NIGHT PASSAGE • Alastair Reynolds
THE DRAGON THAT FLEW OUT OF THE SUN • Aliette de Bodard
WAITING OUT THE END OF THE WORLD IN PATTY’S PLACE CAFE • Naomi Kritzer
THE HUNGER AFTER YOU’RE FED • James S. A. Corey
ASSASSINS • Jack Skillingstead and Burt Courtier
THE ROAD TO THE SEA • Lavie Tidhar
THE WORDLESS • Indrapramit Das
PAN-HUMANISM: HOPE AND PRAGMATICS • Jessica Barber and Sara Saab
THE PROVING GROUND • Alec Nevala-Lee
ZEN AND THE ART OF STARSHIP MAINTENANCE • Tobias S. Buckell
THE INFLUENCE MACHINE • Sean McMullen
THE HISTORY OF THE INVASION TOLD IN FIVE DOGS • Kelly Jennings
PRIME MERIDIAN • Silvia Moreno-Garcia
THERE USED TO BE OLIVE TREES • Rich Larson
WHENDING MY WAY BACK HOME • Bill Johnson
DEATH ON MARS • Madeline Ashby
ELEPHANT ON TABLE • Bruce Sterling
NUMBER THIRTY-NINE SKINK • Suzanne Palmer
A SERIES OF STEAKS • Vina Jie-Min Prasad
THE LAST BOAT-BUILDER IN BALLYVOLOON • Finbarr O’Reilly